Sixteenth Generation

63654. Sir John DE SUTTON was born on 25 December 1400 in Barton-under-Needwood, Derbyshire, England. He died on 30 September 1487 at the age of 86. He was buried in St. James' Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England. He was the first Lord Dudley, or Baron Sutton of Dudley, by 1423-24. He was a Knight of the Garter by 1459.

He carried the Standard at the funeral of King Henry V in 1422, having served in France under him, and from 1428 to 1430 he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding Sir John de Grey. He made a savage atack on the O'Byrnes, who threatened the borders of the Irish Pale, and in 1429 presided over a parliament in Dublin; he resigned the following year. He was Constable of Clun Castle in 1435 and a member of parliament from February 15, 1439/40 until his death in 1487. He was Constable of Wigmore Castle May 20, 1460. In 1440 he was appointed one of the Commissioners to attempt to negotiate a truce with the Duke of Burgundy.

In 1447, as one of the Lords of the King's Council, he was ambassador, with the Bishop of Chichester, to the Duke of Brittany in an effort to make peace. In 1449 he and others were appointed to settle issues with Burgundy and negotiate trade issues with the Flemish.

The House of Commons petitioned for his removal, with others, from the KIng's councils in 1451. That year he sided with the Lancastrians in the War of the Roses, was surprised at Glucester on his return from Ireland, and jailed in the Castle of Ludlow. On May 23, 1455, he was taken prisoner with the King at the battle of St. Albans and was sent to the Tower with the King. He is named in a letter from Richard, Duke of York, to the King of France to deal with the marriage of Magdalena with Edward, Count of la Marche, who afterwards became King Edward IV. He return to the service of King Henry IV and was wounded at Blore Heath Septembe 23, 1459.

As a favorite of King Edward IV he was awarded more revenues in 1466. He was Constable of the Tower from 1470 to 1483 and Chamberlain, Richard Fiennes Lord Dacre, to Elizabeth, the Queen Consort. In 1477 he was on another diplomatic mission to the King of France with the Earl of Arundel. In 1483-84 and under King Henry VII, he was awarded more lands. (Carl Boyer, 3rd, "Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell," 2001, pp. 236-7.) Elizabeth DE BERKELEY and Sir John DE SUTTON were married in 1422.

63655. Elizabeth DE BERKELEY died before 8 December 1478. She was buried in St. James' Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England.

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